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Fear Of Donald Trump Kept Putin From Invading Ukraine. Here’s How Trump Pulled It Off
THE FEDERALIST ^ | MARCH 03, 2022 | JOHN RATCLIFFE AND CLIFF SIMS

Posted on 03/04/2022 7:54:18 AM PST by george76

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1 posted on 03/04/2022 7:54:18 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

A stupid article

All they can say about Trump is that he “out neoconed the neocons”

If so, why did they hate him so much and worked for 5 years to remove him?


2 posted on 03/04/2022 8:00:12 AM PST by PGR88
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To: george76

It’s because Donald Trump isn’t a pu$$y and he was a leader who said what he meant and meant what he said.


3 posted on 03/04/2022 8:02:49 AM PST by MissEdie (Be the Light in Someone's Darkness.)
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To: george76

Putin and Putinistas are very happy Trump is gone.


4 posted on 03/04/2022 8:03:44 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: PGR88

I am apparently not smart enough to understand your comments. Please explain.


5 posted on 03/04/2022 8:07:29 AM PST by Flint
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To: george76

Fear of an American president is a good thing.

Many think the American hostages in Iran were released the day Reagan became president, precisely because the Iranians were afraid of what Reagan might do. And that line of thinking is that Iran had no fear of Jimmy Carter and his dealing with the hostage crisis.


6 posted on 03/04/2022 8:11:44 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: PGR88

I’m glad I read it in response to your post.

I don’t think it is saying that, at all - at least if “neoconing” means the expansion of American interest in foreign wars.

I think it correctly described much of what Trump did right and how it deterred Russia.

I hope that Conservatives will remain focused on how this entire mess is a failure of this Biden administration and its failure to uphold Trump policies. America needs Trump Republicans this November so that a 2024 Presidency can make permanent accomplishments.


7 posted on 03/04/2022 8:13:04 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: george76

Save


8 posted on 03/04/2022 8:15:48 AM PST by Maceman (People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? One should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved.”

Niccolo Macchiavelli


9 posted on 03/04/2022 8:17:39 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty; Flint
I don’t think it is saying that, at all - at least if “neoconing” means the expansion of American interest in foreign wars.

This article was highly simplistic. Basically - it said we should threaten everyone who opposes us. And look, they claim, Trump was most threatening of all! That's how he kept order!

Its a stupid and simplistic slight against Trump. Yes, Trump was strong when necessary, but he absolutely understood mutual interest and "win-win." He made friends with Kim Jung Un. The (socialist) Mexican President complimented him by saying - we usually get threats and orders from the USA, but Donald Trump treated us as a partner. AND Trump fixed the border crisis at the same time. Trump was at least willing to meet with Putin.

Now we are back to simple neocon threats.

10 posted on 03/04/2022 8:22:12 AM PST by PGR88
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Since we’re being simplistic, the neocons are as corrupt as the dems. Trump was a threat to the most powerful organized crime group in the world - US Congress. That’s why everyone who wasn’t on the “take” wanted him gone. He’s the “Serpico” in the US government.


11 posted on 03/04/2022 8:35:50 AM PST by Paco
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To: george76
It wasn't just fear. Trump didn't encourage the Ukrainians to take provocative actions against the Russians every chance they could.

It was under Obama that the Ukrainian revolution was fomented and the Ukrainians attempted to cutoff Russian access to the Black Sea.

When Biden was installed, his regime encouraged an offensive in pro-Russian Eastern Ukraine.

Trump was hated by the uniparty because he refused to encourage Ukraine to be a thorn in Russia's side and wanted to get us out of Syria and Afghanistan. The may just have been the biggest reason Deep State tried to drive him from office.

12 posted on 03/04/2022 8:40:58 AM PST by Kazan
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I see what you mean, but I think it gives a better balance of Trump than you describe. It does paint some of the breadth of Trump’s “strength” which include the Abraham Accords as well as American energy dominance and standing up to China.

You are correct that the southern border and North Korea are not mentioned, but I still count it as a positive summary of some of Trump’s positions and strengths.

I do think you may be onto something about the oversight of the southern border. Our relations with Mexico were more secure under Trump. Russia could see that, too.


13 posted on 03/04/2022 8:46:16 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: george76

I have the suspicion that it wasn’t fear of Trump that kept Putin from acting but rather that in some way, Putin saw him as almost an ally.

Trump was not a Deep State/WEF/NWO/globalist. He was working hard to keep the US out of those affairs and making us independent in many ways, which I am sure annoyed the heck out of Soros, Schawb, Gates, the Deep state, et al.

Therefore Putin did not see the need to act as long as the globalists were not making any progress. They were no threat to Russia.

Now that Trump has been ousted and the Deep State entrenched in DC, the global cabal can move ahead with their plans and Putin sees that as a threat and decided that it’s time to act before it’s too late.

That’s my speculation on what is going on.


14 posted on 03/04/2022 9:31:25 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: george76

There’s an old saying that goes, “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer”

Donald Trump understood this. And I think he communicated to our enemies that just because I’ll go have a few beers with you doesn’t mean I won’t kick your ass if you step out of line. And I think they believed it.


15 posted on 03/04/2022 9:43:22 AM PST by technically right
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To: george76

Putin and his followers will do anything to keep Trump out of the WH.


16 posted on 03/04/2022 9:47:55 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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Wait a minute, I thought Biden, WEF/Soros and Ukraine wanted to keep Trump out of the White House.

Well hell, everyone wants to keep Trump out of the White House. So I am voting for Trump.

World Unity


17 posted on 03/04/2022 9:52:17 AM PST by dforest
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To: PGR88
A stupid article

It's getting harder to push the line that Trump was a stooge for Putin considering the only time Putin has really behaved over the past 20 years is when Trump was in office.
18 posted on 03/04/2022 9:56:44 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: PGR88

I must be dumb, cause I didn’t get that at all!


19 posted on 03/04/2022 10:03:04 AM PST by bantam
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To: PGR88

“A stupid article.”

A stupid comment - the article is spot on.


20 posted on 03/04/2022 10:21:23 AM PST by enumerated
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